Back to 3-Round Non-Title Main Events?

[Matthew Fedler]

Looking at the upcoming cards it seems bizarre to me that Anders vs Santos will be scheduled for 5 rounds, but not Pettis vs Ferguson or Volkov vs Lewis.

I think championship fights should be distinct as the only 5 round bouts personally. Sure we would miss out on the odd Shogun vs Hendo, but we would also skip a couple rounds of JDS vs Ivanov, Maia vs Usman, etc.

Anyone else happy to revert back to the old days?

 

[3timesacharm]

nah lets up it for 7

 

[reigning terroe]

Looking at the upcoming cards it seems bizarre to me that Anders vs Santos will be scheduled for 5 rounds, but not Pettis vs Ferguson or Volkov vs Lewis.

I think championship fights should be distinct as the only 5 round bouts personally. Sure we would miss out on the odd Shogun vs Hendo, but we would also skip a couple rounds of JDS vs Ivanov, Maia vs Usman, etc.

Anyone else happy to revert back to the old days?

Mioic vs JDS? Bigfoot vs Hunt? Main events should be 5 rounds because generally top contenders are fighting in them and it’s s good test for them and also gives us a gauge on if they are legit or not. Guess Diaz vs mcgregor 2 should’ve been only 3 rounds right? Why do you care watch it or don’t what’s 10 more minutes of your time

 

[aquamanpunch]

Wow what a horrible idea.

 

[Egészségére!]

 

[Liverkick-king56]

I like the idea of all top fighters fighting 5 rounds like Pettis/Ferguson, Rockhold/Weidman, Romero/ Costa, Formiga/Pettis, Diaz/Piorier
Rda vs Colby wasn't main event or interim title worthy but it definitely deserved to be a 5 rounder.

 

[Matthew Fedler]

I like the idea of all top fighters fighting 5 rounds like Pettis/Ferguson, Rockhold/Weidman, Romero/ Costa, Formiga/Pettis, Diaz/Piorier
Rda vs Colby wasn't main event or interim title worthy but it definitely deserved to be a 5 rounder.

I like the idea of having objective criteria, but then we either have less stacked cards or potentially very long, drawn out cards.

 

[snackgod]

Looking at the upcoming cards it seems bizarre to me that Anders vs Santos will be scheduled for 5 rounds, but not Pettis vs Ferguson or Volkov vs Lewis.

I think championship fights should be distinct as the only 5 round bouts personally. Sure we would miss out on the odd Shogun vs Hendo, but we would also skip a couple rounds of JDS vs Ivanov, Maia vs Usman, etc.

Anyone else happy to revert back to the old days?

it wouldn't matter to me if they went back to 3 rounds.

 

[fortheo]

I like the idea of all top fighters fighting 5 rounds like Pettis/Ferguson, Rockhold/Weidman, Romero/ Costa, Formiga/Pettis, Diaz/Piorier
Rda vs Colby wasn't main event or interim title worthy but it definitely deserved to be a 5 rounder.

Yeah. I feel like any fight between two top ten guys should be five rounds.

 

[Matthew Fedler]

Mioic vs JDS? Bigfoot vs Hunt? Main events should be 5 rounds because generally top contenders are fighting in them and it’s s good test for them and also gives us a gauge on if they are legit or not. Guess Diaz vs mcgregor 2 should’ve been only 3 rounds right? Why do you care watch it or don’t what’s 10 more minutes of your time

Most of the action in Diaz vs McGregor II was in the first 3 rounds anyways.

It’s less about entertainment and more about objective criteria and a clear separation between championship and non-championship fights. It seems like it should be beyond care placement because some mediocre fights headline mediocre events and some great fights are on the undercard for stacked events.

 

[DoopidyDawesome]

Nope, I'm in favor of more fights being 5 rounds. To think Diaz vs. Dustin might only be a 3 rounder is number 1 bullshit.

 

[Krimzon]

Looking at the upcoming cards it seems bizarre to me that Anders vs Santos will be scheduled for 5 rounds, but not Pettis vs Ferguson or Volkov vs Lewis.

I think championship fights should be distinct as the only 5 round bouts personally. Sure we would miss out on the odd Shogun vs Hendo, but we would also skip a couple rounds of JDS vs Ivanov, Maia vs Usman, etc.

Anyone else happy to revert back to the old days?

I somewhat agree with you. Although I wouldn't mind #1 contender fights being 5 rounds too. Alot of very high level fights almost need 5 rounds to see who's better, whereas 5 rounds for stuff like Munoz/Leben, Anders/Santos with no immediate title implications aren't necessary

 

[xx madskillz xx]

Fuck 3 rounds for a main.Needs to stay at 5.

 

[honzo]

They bought 5 rounders in because of all the BS decisions that were happening.

 

[cornrow]

All ppv main card fights should be 5 rounds. If youre spending money on ppvs I don’t know why you would complain about receiving more content.

 

[filthynumber1]

They bought 5 rounders in because of all the BS decisions that were happening.

If that's the case, it didnt work

 

[Coolkid666]

Keep adding rounds until someone gets finished. leave no doubt, or die. Herb Dean can ref them all too. Be warriors.

 

[honzo]

If that's the case, it didnt work

It's better.

 

[DamonX]

I've never been a fan of 5 round fights. The heavyweights gas out and the lighter weight fighters just end up pacing themselves to go the distance. It's pretty rare for a fight to be finished in the 4th or 5th round. Sure, once in a while you get a great 5 round fight, but I think 3 rounds are adequate.

Oh yeah... let's get rid of this stupid boxing-centric 10 point must system while we're at it.

 

[NationWideNinja]

Only top 5 ranked fights should IMO be 5 rounders. When the stakes start getting really high.